Broom-bundling machine.



A. P. LONGDON.

' BROOM BUNDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 18, 1911.

I WITNESSES INVENTOR c/ERL anyalon/ ATTORNEYS I COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPM cm.WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER P. LONG-DON, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOUR'IH TO ALIDA A. SLOANE AND ONE-FOURTH T MARY E. LON GDON, 0F ALLE-GHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANI BROOM-BUNDLING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 18, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER P. LoNG- DON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Alleghenyand State ofPennsylvania, have useful Improve invented certain new andments in Broom-Bundling Machines, of WhlCh the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawing.

This invention relates to a broom bundling machine, and the primaryobject of my invention is to provide a machine of that type commonlystyled a broom buncher, and employed for stitching or connectingtogether a plurality of brooms, whereby the brooms cannot becomeaccidentally displaced during transportation or storage.

Another object of this invention is to provide a labor saving machinethat can be advantageously used in a broom factory for assemblingand'packing brooms, the machine being constructed whereby it can beoperated performing the service heretoby a boy for fore requiring thelabor of two men.

A further object of this invention is to provide a broom bunchingmachine consisting of comparatively few parts inexpensive tomanufacture, and highly efiicient for the purposes for which they areintended.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the broombunching machine, showing brooms in position to be packed; Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the brooms packed and in posit-ion to be tied, andFig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the machine, showing bydotted lines the mechanism for elevating a packed bundle of brooms.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a base plate rectangular in plan andthis plate is provided with a central vertical wall or support 2.Mounted in the upper edge of the support 2 by pins 3 are the lower endsof vertical parallel needles 4, said needles having the upper endsthereof threaded or packed upon the be had to the drawing,

I pointed and provided with open eyes or slots 5 to receive the end 6 ofa binding or tying cord or string 7 said binding cord or string beingarranged between the needles in a looped form, as best shown in Fig. 3.

Pivotally connected to the support 2, adjacent to one end thereof, by atransverse pin 8 is a yoke 9, said yoke having the upper end thereofconnected, as at 10 to an operating lever 11. Pivotally connected to thelower end of the yoke 9 by pins 12 are arms 13, said arms having theopposite end thereof pivotally connected by ins 14, to platform levers15. These platfgrm levers have the lower ends thereof pivotallyconnected by a transverse pin 16 to the wall or support 2.

Pivotally mounted upon the pins 8 of the operating lever 11 are thelower ends of platform levers 17 said levers, together with the levers15, having longitudinal slots 18 to receive a pin 19, slidably mountedin a slot 19 provided therefor in the vertical Wall or support 2. Theplatform levers 17 are pivotally connected by links 20 to the yoke 9,whereby when the operating lever 9 is moved, the platform levers 15 and17 will be shifted in unison.

Resting upon the upper ends of the levers 15 and 17 is a platform 21,said platform having openings 22 providing clearance for the needles 4.This platform, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, is adaptedto support brooms while said brooms are needles 4, said needlesextending through the straws of the brooms, whereby the brooms will bebound v together.

Secured to one side'of the wall or support 2, adjacent to the operatinglever 11, by screws 23 or other fastening means, is the lower endattached to the upper end of the upright 24 by a pin 25 is a compressionarm 26.

Secured to the plate 1, at the opposite end from the operating lever 11and the upright 24, is a keeper 28, said keeper being secured to thebase plate 1 by screws or other fastening means 27. The upper end of thekeeper 28 has notches or teeth 29 adapted to receive the compression arm26.

After the brooms, designated 30, have of an upright 24. Pivotally beenthreaded upon the needles 4, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, thecompression arm 26 is swung over the brooms and the brooms compressedinto a bundle or package, the free end of the compression arm 26 beingheld by the keeper 28. The ends of the tying or binding string or cordare then removed from the ends of the needles 5 and the ends of the cordor string tied together. The compression arm 26 can then be swung to anopen position, and the operating lever 11 moved to elevate the platform21, as best shown in Fig. l of the drawing, thereby removing the bundlesof brooms from the needles whereby the bundle can be easily removed fromthe machine. The platform 21 and the operating mechanism thereofconstitute means for stripping the needles 4, after the brooms have beentied in the bundle or package formed.

The base plate 1 and the wall or support 2 can be made of wood and theremainder of the machine of light and durable metal.

It is thought that the operation and utility of the bundling machinewill be apparent without further description, and while in the drawingthere is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is tobe understood that the structural elements thereof are susceptible tosuch variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A broom bundling machine comprising a base plate, avertical support carried thereby, needles carried by the upper edges ofsaid support and adapted to receive brooms, a compression lever carriedby said support for compressing saidbrooms to permit the bundlingthereof, and means carried by said support for stripping said broomsfrom said needles.

2. A broom bundling machine comprising a support, needlescarried therebyand adapt ed to receive brooms, a compression arm adapted to compressthe brooms upon said needles, means adjacent to said support for holdingsaid compression arm in a closed position whereby said brooms can bebundled, and means carried by said support for stripping said bundledbrooms from said needles.

3. A broom bundling machine comprising a base plate, a supportcarriedthereby, needles carried by the upper edges of said support and adaptedto receive brooms, a compression arm supported by said support andadapted to be swung into engagement with said brooms for compressingsaid brooms, and means including a platform and an operating lever forstripping said needles of said bundled brooms.

4. A broom bundling machine comprising a base plate, a support carriedthereby, needles carried by the upper edges of said support and adaptedto receive brooms, an upright carried by said support, a compression armpivotally supported by said upright and adapted to be swung intoengagement with said brooms for compressing said brooms upon saidneedles to permitthe bundling of the brooms, means carried by said baseplate for holding said compression arm in a closed position, and meanscarried by said support for stripping said needles of said brooms aftersaid compression arm has been released.

5. A broom bundling machine comprising a base plate, a support carriedthereby, vertical parallel needles having the lower ends thereof mountedin said support and adapted to retain brooms, a pivoted compression armarranged at one end of said support and adapted to be swung intoengagement with the brooms for compressing the same upon said needleswhereby the brooms may be bundled, a keeper carried by the opposite endof said support for holding said compression arm in a closed positionduring the tying of said brooms, and means including platform levers, aplatform and an operatinglever for stripping said needles of saidbrooms.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALEXANDER P. LONGDON.

Witnesses:

CHRISTINIA T. HooD, MAX H. SRoLovrrz.

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